Collar



E. R. BEASLEY Juner l5 1926..

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improvements in wearing apparel and Patented June 15, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,588,93i PATENT oFFicE.`

ERNEST n. BEASLEY, or nBnnnnnN, WASHINGTON.

COLLAR.

Application led July 5, 1921. lSerial No. 482,378.

` of a collar button at the medial or back portion thereof which isordinarily used for preventing the collar from rising upon the wearersneck. This is acompnshed by providing the collar with a tongue which isadapted to engage the collar band of a shirt, the tongue being formedfrom the collar in a manner that there will be no possibility of itsengaging with the neck tieto prevent it from sliding easily around thecollar for adj ustments.

Another important object of the invention is to provide means forpreventing the tongue from tearing away from the collar.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentduring the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application andwherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughoutthe several views,

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a well known type of collar havingits back portion provided with my invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section through a modification of theinvention.

Figure 3 is a transverse horizontal section through the invention-takenon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section showing the reinforcing meansfor the collar.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein for the purposeof illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, thenumeral 5 designates the back portion of a neck band of an ordinaryshirt and which is provided with a downwardly opening pocket 6 formed bydoubling the neck band. The outer portion o-f the doubled neck band atthe medial portion thereof is ordinarily provided with a button hole forthe reception of a collar button usually employed for holding the backof the collar in engagement with the neck band. However, when myimproved collar is used in connection with the pocket 6, no button holenor button is necessary.

To take the place of the ordinary button and button hole, I provide themedial portion of the inner fold 7 of a collar 8 with a tongue 9. Thistongue is provided by slitting or cutting the inner fold 7 as shown at10 in Figure 1 in a semi-circular line. The ends of the incision arearranged adj acent the lower edge of the inner fold 7 of the collar sothat the relative lower portion of the tongue will be secured to thefold and its relative upper end will be free. Consequently, it may besaid that the tongue 9 extends upwardly toward the top folded edge ofthe collar.

ln order to prevent the'edges of the incision from raveling and thetongue from being torn from the collar, the edges of the incisionareworked in button hole fashion as indicated in Figure 1 As clearlyshown in Figure Il and Figure l, the rear portion of t he inner fold 7around the tongue, is provided with an eXtra ply of cloth 11 so thatthis portion of the collar may receive more starch for reinforcing thesame and rendering the tongue stiffer. This ply of cloth may be easilyin serted in the collar so that it will not show or rub the neck of thewearer and is of course also slitted when the tongue is being providedin the collar. ln order to make doubly sure that the tongue will not betorn from the collar, the'lower free edge of the inner fold 7 at themedial portion thereof. is provided with a reinforcing strip 12 of anysuitable material7 this'Y strip being in serted between the plies of thecollar as best seen in Figure 4. It will also be noted that the strip 12is arranged between the free edge of the inner fold and the incision,and that the ends of incision extend into the strip so that the tonguecan not be torn from the collar.

In use, a cravat is associated with the collar in the well known mannerafter which the collar is placed around the neck so that the tongue 9 isdisposed adjacent the pocket 6 in the neck band. Then, with one hand theoperator forces the tongue 9 inwardly so that it may be slipped up underthe pocket 6. In the present instance, the free edge of the tongue isshown as being semicircular in configuration so that no corners will bepresented which would prevent the tongue from slipping easily intoplace. After the collar has been thus adjusted, the collar button in thefree ends of the neck band is passed through the button holes in thefree ends of the collar in the well known manner after which the cravatis tied in place. When this has been'acooniplished, it will be. seenthat it will be impossible for the beck of the collar to slip upwardlyon the neel; since the tree end of the tongue will abut the foldedportion ot the neel; band. Furthermore, since the rear portion of thecollar and the tongue are stiti'ened, the collar will not become bent orrunipied from constant use. A good feature of the collar is that theeravat inay be easily adjusted since there is no Collar button in theback of the collar on which the eravat can catch.

The foregoing description and aeeonr panying drawings have reterenee towhat might be considered to be the approved or preferred foi-in of rnyinvention. desire it to beA understood that I may inalte suoli changesin the construction, combination and arrangemento parts, material,di1nension, ete. as may prove expedient and tall within the scope ot theappended claiin.

Having thus described niy invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A collar consisting of a piece ot material folded upon itself to torniinner and outer tolds, said inner told having an extra ply of materialon a portion of its inner tace, said inner Ytold and eXtra ply beingprovided with an incision therein to provide an upwardly extendingtongue, the opposite ends of the incision being` arranged adjacent thelower edge of the inner told, a relatively narrow reinforcing striparranged along the lower edge of the inner told between the saine andthe extra ply of material to forni a ridge between the outer told andsaid extra ply and 'to retain the part of the extra ply above the stripspaced troni the outer told ot the collar when the saine is in use7 saidreinforcing strip having eut-out portions to align and communicate withthe ends of the incision, and stitching` around the incision and thecut-out portions and extending through the reinforcing strip, the innertold and the extra ply of material.

ln testimony whereoi' atiix iny signature.

ERNEST R. BEASLEY.

